The author's
royalties from this book will be donated
to the Association for Justice and Reconciliation
in Guatemala

It was the worst massacre since the times of the Conquest in the 16th
century.
It happened just twenty years ago, but the world, blinded
by racism, never knew.
This book recovers that recent history. In words and images,
it narrates
the death and resurrection of the indigenous peoples of Guatemala.

- Eduardo Galeano

With his photographs, Jonathan Moller reminds the present generation
of the extreme
wave of brutality that engulfed the people of Guatemala
twenty years ago. Because of my Latin-American heritage,
my blood
turns to ice when I see these images. They speak of the horrors faced
by my fellow Latin Americans
in countries dominated by the externally
imposed National Security Doctrine. Moller's photographs should
be shown
and debated in all schools and universities to teach tolerance
and compassion to
those who will hold power in the future.

- Sebastião
Salgado

In
Guatemala, every clandestine cemetery
that is found, every bone that is
recovered from Mother Earth speaks
of the people who were annihilated,
of the homes burned, of the indiscriminate
massacres. In short, they speak
of the crimes against humanity, of
the genocide committed by the Army
against the indigenous population.

Jonathan
Moller’s
photographs speak of this. But
they also show another face, the face
of life, hope, redemption, and demands
for change. These
images both denounce and give a message
of life. They
inform while capturing the beauty
of a passing moment that is fixed
in memory. Each
moment captured by Jonathan Moller’s
camera passes into eternity, yet also
gives encouragement for the future. Each
moment sets an example for future generations,
so that they may know the past, which
is filled with darkness but also contains
hope, struggle and optimism. Hope is
seen in people’s labor, in children’s
faces, and in the construction of a
better life for all…

-
Rigoberta Menchú Tum,
1992 Nobel Peace Laureate

Guatemala is a country of beauty and nightmare, horror and courage.
Jonathan Moller captures
its complexity perfectly through his lens
and his words. Drawing upon years of personal experience as well
as
that of Guatemalans themselves who have been the victims of the
nightmare and bearers of the beauty, he
offers us a point of entry
into a world many will never have seen before. To enter that world
is invariably to be
changed--to be both engulfed by regret and inspired
by the promise of a new tomorrow. Moller is an
uncompromising guide
and those who follow his lead will be forever in his debt.

- William F. Schulz, Executive Director, Amnesty International USA

Books
can ordered through your local bookstore,
directly from the publisher (see web link
above), or through other web based booksellers. The
normal retail price is $45. Amnesty
International USA is also selling copies:
go to www.amnestyusa.org
at the top of the page under “Join” click
on “Shop,” then “Books.”

The
publisher is offering special bulk discounts
for non-profit organizations, churches
and community groups. The
discounts are as follows: 15 copies at
30% off of the retail price (or $31.50/book);
16-25 at 35%; 26-50 at 40%; 51-100 at 45%;
100 + at 50% (or $22.50/book). For
more info or to order bulk copies, please
contact Craig Cohen: craig@powerHouseBook.com

Please
circulate this information widely
and encourage your local bookstores
to carry the book, and local libraries,
universities, etc. to purchase it. This
powerful and beautiful publication
is an important tool for telling the
story of the suffering, struggle, and
courage of the Guatemalan people.

The
AJR is the plaintiff in two collective
criminal cases presented in the Guatemalan
national courts in 2000 and 2001 demanding
justice for genocide, crimes against humanity
and war crimes committed during the military
regimes of Romeo Lucas García and
Efraín Ríos Montt in 1981
and 1982. More than 100 massacre survivors
from 22 communities are part of the AJR. Their
objective is to seek justice through legal
cases for family members assassinated during
the internal armed conflict, to contribute
to the strengthening of the rule of law
in Guatemala, and to reveal the truth of
Guatemala’s recent past so that violence
is never allowed to take place again. The
Center for Human Rights Legal Action (CALDH)
acts as legal counsel to the AJR. The
cases are advancing extremely slowly, and
are not expected to actually go to trial
before sometime in2005, if not later. For
more information go to:www.justiceforgenocide.org